Why does deleting things clear storage even though the pc only can’t find it?

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Why does deleting things clear storage even though the pc only can’t find it?

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This is sometimes different between operating systems. However, generally the deleted stuff is marked as “this stuff can be overwritten”. When the PC then calculates free storage, it counts both “unwritten” and “rewritable” stuff.

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